animatus Latin · revision 9826

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''animātus''' (feminine animāta, neuter animātum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the perfect participle of [[animō]] “to give life to, animate”, from [[m|la|animus|t=mind, spirit]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨animus⟩ to [[itc-pro|*anamo-|t=breath, spirit]], from [[ine-pro|*h₂enh₁-mo-|t=breath]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Plautus, who uses it of being disposed or minded, and the OLD also cites Ennius.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant endowed with a specified spirit, spirited, as in Ennius; having a specified attitude, inclined, disposed, minded, as in Plautus; living, alive, as in Cicero's ''animāta inanimīs antepōnere'' “to put living things before lifeless ones”; and of plants growing, fresh.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of disposition.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of spirit.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of living things.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Endowed with a spirit; [[m|en|spirited]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Inclined, disposed, minded.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Living, [[m|en|animate]], alive.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(of plants)'' Growing, fresh.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[animō]]

+ * [[animus]]

+ * [[anima]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A fourth-declension noun ''animātus'' “breathing” occurs in Pliny the Elder, ''animātū carēre'' “to be without breath”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}